It's not like admin post = martial law or word of Joss, or anything.
Which is my point. And why I'd rather go the font route, than the faceless route. Especially for newbies, who might be used to admins with more power than we're implementing.
A ghost? What's the deal? Is every frat on this campus haunted? And if so, why do people keep coming to these parties, cause it's not the snacks.
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
§ ita § - Jan 18, 2003 11:22:35 pm PST #3083 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
P.M. Marc - Jan 18, 2003 11:23:57 pm PST #3084 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Which is my point. And why I'd rather go the font route, than the faceless route. Especially for newbies, who might be used to admins with more power than we're implementing.
Wrod.
The faceless route (even signed) just seems wrong to me.
Lyra Jane - Jan 18, 2003 11:29:14 pm PST #3085 of 10001
Up with the sun
If the preference is for different font over using signed posts from the admin account, that works for me.
But I would suggest that admin-fonted posts start with the statement that the Stompy is speaking officially to avoid the possibility of someone thinking the Stompy just got carried away with their HTML and ignoring the warning.
Liese S. - Jan 19, 2003 12:07:16 am PST #3086 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Perhaps a standard message format for official warnings? A template somewhere that we could just copy and use when necessary, for consistency? Anyway, could it not be red?
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Official Stompy Foot Warning Attn: t Problem User
Hiya. It seems that you've violated our community etiquette standards, viewable here. We've tried to resolve it in the context of your posts, but it looks like a problem. Please consider this an official warning that your behavior is not acceptable in this community.
If you amend your behavior, and want to contribute positively to this enviornment, you are a welcome member of this community. However, if you continue to violate our standards or disrespect others, you will be suspended for two months. If you come back unreformed, you will be banned. Banning is rare, and very much a last resort.
To discuss your warning or your situation, please see the bureaucracy thread. Thank you, and we hope to resolve this problem.
t Insert specific info as necessary
- Stompy Foot (Admin) Liese
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Something like that, perhaps? For warning text anyway. A simple signoff as admin should do for non-official-warning but acting-in-official-capacity items.
Jon B. - Jan 19, 2003 12:21:09 am PST #3087 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How about a font like this?
That was done with the (already existing) css class "normal-bold-blood".
t edited because "span" isn't an acceptable tag
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2003 12:26:33 am PST #3088 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It'll need a shortcut, which we can code to only work if it's an admin.
Is there any sort of format we can do that can't be entered normally?
Liese S. - Jan 19, 2003 12:27:09 am PST #3089 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Well, okay, if it has to be, it should be blood. I mean, for artistic integrity.
Liese S. - Jan 19, 2003 12:28:11 am PST #3090 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Actually, that's an excellent thought, ita. I was wondering about preventing spoofing, what with using standard uids and all, but was loath to bring it up.
Jon B. - Jan 19, 2003 12:34:48 am PST #3091 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is there any sort of format we can do that can't be entered normally?
Not that I can think of offhand. How about forbidding a particular phrase in non-admin posts, like "Official Stompy Foot Warning"? t /brainstorming
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2003 12:40:21 am PST #3092 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It'd have to be something else, because there are plenty reasons anyone might want to say "ita received an official stompy foot warning" or "I don't see why there's not an official stompy foot warning ita right now to step off".
t /having too much fun putting it into sentences
Hmm. We could strip attributes out of font tags in posts ...
Nah, I got nothing.